Dr. Brendan Nelson has been the Director of the Australian War Memorial since December 2012 and a passionate advocate of Veterans for much longer. When his appointment as the Director of the War Memorial was announced Dr. Nelson was in Continue reading →

The Veterans MC Federal Chapter, Icon Water, Tour of Duty Poker Run gets bigger every year. This year the event was run over a full weekend. Continue reading →

August 18 marks Vietnam Veterans Day and the anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan, this year being the 53^rd anniversary.

Each year chapters of the Veterans Motorcycle Club make the pilgrimage to Batemans Bay as guests of the Continue reading →

The 11^th of November 1918 marked 100 years since Armistice and the end of the Great War, the war to end all wars.

To quote the Australian War Memorial…”In the four years of the war more than 330,000 Australians Continue reading →

Like most clubs the various chapters of the Veterans MC have Memorial Rides for Fallen Brothers. This year several chapters from around NSW decided to combine these rides and commemorate not only those from the Veterans MC who are no Continue reading →

On this the 52nd anniversary of Long Tan we are yet again united as one common entity however it is not only the bravery at Long Tan we remember but other bloody battlefields now recorded as part of our military Continue reading →

The 18^th August 2018 marked the 52^nd Anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan now commemorated as Vietnam Veterans Day.

Each year the Eurobodalla Branch of the Vietnam Veterans Federation of Australia hosts a service in Batemans Bay. Continue reading →

In 2017 the Veterans MC Federal Chapter made the trip to Young, the Cherry capital of Australia, to participate in the ANZAC Day parade. The weather turned for the worse and organisers cancelled the parade instead holding the main service Continue reading →

AIHW – Incidence of suicide among serving and ex-serving Defence Force personnel – Detailed analysis 2001-15